Locomotive-torch.



A. S. RECE.

LOCOMOTIVE TORCH.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1915.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Inventor Attorneys Witnesses TED STATES LOCOMOTIVE-TORCI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application filed February 24, 1915. Serial N 0. 10,329.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AsHBY S. RECE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of lVestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Locomotive-Torch, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the sub'ect matter of this application is a torch ofthat general form which is used upon locomotive engines and elsewhere.

The invention aims to provide a torch of the type above describedembodying a wick tube which may be telescoped readily within thereceptacle portion of the torch, thereby to economize space when thetorch is not in use, it being possible to seal the torch effectively andpermanently when the same is not in use, so that the oil in the torchwill not leak away.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in viewwhich will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection, the torch being closed and the wick tube being telescoped; Fig.2 is a fragmental longitudinal section wherein the torch appears in thecondition it will assume when in use, the wick tube being extended.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a receptacle 1having a handle 2, and a neck 3 including a rigidly mounted internalthimble 4. At its outer end, the thimble 4 is equipped with a laterallyextended flange or shoulder 5 extended entirely around the neck. Thethimble 4 is provided with internal threads 6.

Mounted to reciprocate vertically within the contour of the thimble 4 isa tube 7 through which a wick 8 passes. To the lower end of the wicktube 7 is secured a collar 9 having external threads 10 and provided atits lower end with an outstanding flange or shoulder 11,

The invention includes a cap 12 provided flange 14, the cap beingexternally threaded below the flange 14 as shown at 15. Secured to theunder face of the flange 14 is a gasket or washer 17. Extendeddownwardly through the thimble 4 is a duct 16.

'WVhen the torch is not in use, the parts thereof appear as shown inFig. 1, the wick tube 7 being telescoped into the receptacle 1, thethreads 15 of the cap 12 being engaged with the threads 6 of the thimble4, and the gasket 17 being tightly pressed against the flange orshoulder 5 of the thimble 4 by the flange 14 on the cap 12. It will beseen that when the parts are arranged as above described, the torchoccupies but a minimum amount of space. Further, the receptacle 1 ishermetically sealed, so that the oil in the receptacle cannot leak out,the gasket 17 covering the duct 16 and effectively closing the same.

When it is desired to use the torch, the cap 12 is threaded out of thethimble 4 and the wick tube 8 is elevated, the threads 10 on the collar9 of the wick tube being engaged with the threads 6 in the thimble 4 ofthe neck 3, and the flange or shoulder 11 on the collar 9 being inabutment with the lower end of the thimble 4 to aflord an oil tightjoint. The diameter of the-flange 11 is sufficiently small so that whenthe flange is in abutment with the lower end of the thimble 4 as shownin Fig. 2, the duct 16 is not cut off and therefore air may find its wayinto the receptacle 1 on top of the oil therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A torch ofthe class described comprising a receptacle; a wick tube mounted toreciprocate in the receptacle; interengaging elements on the lower endof the wick tube and on the receptacle for holding the wick tubeelevated; and a cap adapted to cover the upper end of the wick tube whenthe tube is telescoped into the receptacle, the cap and the receptaclebeing provided with interengaging elements.

2. In a torch of the class described, a receptacle provided at its upperend with internal threads; a tube slidable in the re ceptacle andprovided at its lower end with external threads adapted to engage thethreads of the receptacle; and a cap housing the upper end of the tubewhen the tube is telescopedinto the receptacle, the cap having externalthreads adapted to en gage the threads of the receptacle.

3. In a torch of the class described, a receptacle including a neckhaving a duct; a wick tube slidable in the neck, the wick tube and theneck being provided with in terengaging elements for holding the wicktube elevated; and a cap for the upper end of the wick tube, the cap andthe neck being provided with inter-engaging elements, a portion of thecap constituting a closure for the duct when the cap is in place.

4:. In a torch of the class described, a receptacle comprising a neckhaving a duct; a tube slidable in the neck, the lower end of the tubeand the neck having interengaging elements adapted to hold the tubeelevated, the tube being provided at its lower end with an outstandingflange c0- acting with the neck to limit the upward movement of thetube, the inner end 01 the duct opening into the receptacle between thewall of the receptacle and the periphery of the flange when the flangecoacts with the neck.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signa ture in the presence of? two witnesses.

ASHBY STEWART RECE.

lVitnesses T. WV. PEYTON, H. D. STEWART.

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